Blessed Floralia, Strumpets!

April 28th marks the old Roman feast of the goddess of flowers, Flora. (This is also the name of my grandmother who loved snapdragons.) To celebrate I’m offering 30% off floral designs in Floralia collection with coupon code FLORALIA16, only at Feralstrumpet.co.uk. Offer ends April 30th, 2016.

As far as goddesses go, Flora is a favourite, and one of the first who caught my attention and wouldn’t let go. I first found her in the text of Fasti, by one of my favourite poets, Ovid. In it, her voice rings clear, as if she is speaking to us and her warnings and blessings are as relevant today as they were in Ovid’s time.

In Rome this celebration was marked with prostitutes dancing in the streets and engaging in mock gladiatorial battles. Send out the hares!— they ran wild in the streets as people were pelted with lentils. That’s what I call a party. Here is an edited bit of the Ovid poem, that you can find in its entirety here.